NYU Physics Courses

Broken Higher-Form Symmetries in Particle Physics: Applications and Implications

Explore groundbreaking applications of generalized symmetries in particle physics, focusing on extra-dimensional axions and baryon number violation, with implications for astrophysics and cosmology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Galactic Archaeology in the Gaia Era - Understanding Galaxy Formation and Assembly

Explore how astronomical surveys like Gaia help uncover the Milky Way's structure and assembly history through detailed analysis of billions of stars' positions, motions, and chemical compositions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dark Radiation Isocurvature from Cosmological Phase Transitions

Delve into cosmological phase transitions and their impact on dark radiation, exploring non-thermal processes, CMB observations, and non-Gaussian perturbations in theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Reconstructing Initial Conditions from Galaxy Surveys Using Optimal Transport

Explore advanced techniques in Optimal Transport for reconstructing initial fluctuation fields from galaxy surveys, with applications to astrophysical data analysis and observations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

James Webb Space Telescope Breakthroughs in Galaxy Formation and Black Hole Evolution

Discover groundbreaking findings from JWST observations, exploring black hole evolution, galaxy formation, and cosmic interactions through unprecedented detailed imagery and scientific analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Gravitational Production of Dark Photons and Their Role as Dark Matter Candidates

Explore gravitational particle production of dark photons during cosmic inflation, examining nonminimal couplings to gravity, theoretical instabilities, and their potential role as dark matter candidates.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Topological Operators in Quantum Field Theory and Their Fate in Gravity

Explore advanced concepts in quantum field theory, focusing on topological operators, symmetry developments, and their relationship with gravity through collective coordinates analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Black Hole Photon Ring - Testing General Relativity Through Black Hole Imaging

Explore the fascinating physics of black hole photon rings, their role in testing general relativity, and how NASA's BHEX mission aims to capture these elusive phenomena around M87*.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Higgs Physics with Neural Simulation-Based Inference at the LHC and ATLAS

Explore Neural Simulation-Based Inference applications in Higgs physics, focusing on advanced machine learning methods for statistical analysis at the Large Hadron Collider and ATLAS experiments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Electrodynamics in 2+1 Dimensions - Force and Low Energy Behavior

Delve into advanced electrodynamics concepts in 2+1 dimensions, exploring strongly interacting theories, R gauge theory vs U(1) gauge theory, and force interactions between fractionalized charges.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Forging the Future of CERN - Strategic Planning and Policy Development

Delve into CERN's strategic decision-making processes, policy formulation, and future directions through insights from the Council's perspective and upcoming European Strategy initiatives for particle physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Quantum Information and the Structure of Spacetime

Explore how quantum information science revolutionizes our understanding of quantum mechanics, spacetime holography, and black holes, bridging computer science abstractions with physical reality.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Exploring Solutions to the Galaxy Diversity Problem

Delve into groundbreaking research on dwarf galaxy rotation curves, exploring how dark matter self-interactions and baryonic physics may explain observed galactic diversity through computational simulations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Wave Packet Size of Neutrinos in Accelerator-Based Experiments

Delve into neutrino wave packet decoherence calculations and their implications for sterile neutrinos in accelerator-based experiments, with focus on precise measurement frameworks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Probing Dark Matter Microphysics Using Stellar Streams

Explore advanced theoretical physics concepts examining dark matter's self-interactions through stellar streams, focusing on fermionic dark matter and its interaction with light bosonic mediators.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video